09.05.24
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After nine months in Asia and visiting five countries (Vietnam twice), we’ve learned the nuances of visas, and one thing you can be sure of is this: many times they make no logical sense, and the rules seem to be random, arbitrary, and designed to trip up the potential visitor! Some allow you to make “border runs,” which are quickie turn arounds and allow you to start the visa timetable anew, but the rules on them are also quite specific. Either way, it’s in your best interest to know how to handle them. Here’s my last newsletter which went into more detail.If you are NOT subscribed to our newsletter, we will be enhancing it over the next month and offering a free webinar on “Five Ways to Manifest Your Travel Dreams.” With your subscription you will also get a copy of “Nomadic Life for All Ages,” and “The History and Magic of Northern Greece,” plus two other books I wrote. The icing on the cake will be a 15 minute call every calendar quarter to ask your own specific travel related questions. Your subscription is offered at a low “Founders” price, which you can learn about here:
WHAT & When IS Shoulder Season? Timing and location are critical to a more comfortable stay!Most of us have learned that there are four seasons each year: summer, fall, winter, and spring. But for travelers—especially nomads or full time travelers—they can be broken down into similar, but different, categories:
1. Tourist Season (summer)
2. Shoulder 1: fall
3. Winter (brrrr!)
4. Shoulder 2: spring
You may be unfamiliar with shoulder season, but for many (including us) it’s the best time to travel. The weather is nice, not too cold, or too warm (the Goldilocks Zone), and demand is not so high (yet) to push up prices, which is why you should be selective about where you spend the “summer” season. And for this story, I’m using northern hemisphere summer, ie, June through August. For you Down Under folks, it’s opposite.
We discovered shoulder season in our first year of travel when we stayed in Italy, followed by Croatia. Leg number one began about April 1, and after six weeks in Italy we ferried over to Croatia for another six weeks, and discovered that we hit the “sweet spot” of ideal temps, and not that expensive—yet—nor that crowded. As our six weeks in Croatia moved along we definitely saw an increase in traffic come the middle of June. Over the years this has been a huge part of determining where we go, since weather dictates crowds as well as expenses, and since we don’t do “cold” anymore, we prefer the Mediterranean climates. And that is why so many travelers and nomads gravitate to the equatorial belt from Portugal through Spain, then on to Italy and Greece. It’s Econ 101: more demand= higher prices. That is one reason why we avoid “Western Europe,” since those countries are destinations for much of the world. Here’s my last newsletter which went into more detail.
